A former business owner says he “feels like a shell of a person” after treatment for a brain tumour left him in a wheelchair. Tony Mardell says he waited for more than a year for an operation to remove a benign brain tumour after first being diagnosed. The former kitchen appliance business owner said he was initially told the tumour should cause no symptoms but he was left with permanent mobility problems after a series of surgeries.
Tony, 63, has now said he and his family are trying to survive after being forced to sell his kitchen appliance business. Solicitors for Tony say his case is being investigated as part of a wider probe into claims of negligence in the neurosurgery and general surgery departments of the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. Tony Mardell (Image: Slater Gordon) Tony, from East Preston, said: “I am trapped in my chair every day.
My quality of life is so poor that I believe without my family and friends I couldn’t continue with life. “I’m constantly in pain and have very limited mobility. I used to be a very sociable person, I enjoyed playing tennis and ran a successful business, but now I have virtually no interaction with the outside world.
“Because adaptations haven’t yet been made to our house, I haven’t had a shower in over a year. Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton (Image: Sussex News and Pictures) “I feel like a shell of a person and we receive no support. I have worked all my life but now our savings are almost wi.